Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!newsfeed.freenet.de!news-feed1.de1.concert.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Declan Murphy Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Yasukuni Jinja - photos/video restrictions? Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 21:05:24 +0900 Lines: 47 Message-ID: <40F27E84.4060703@hotmail.com> References: <40ED6757.9090608@hotmail.com> <40F16084.7070308@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de upUNpbaAnLc2+WLGx0OnMwqHZ6vKM9O21IVzsBdcb0/efMZc82 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:15461 Michael Cash wrote: > On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 00:45:08 +0900, Declan Murphy > brought down from the Mount tablets > inscribed: > > >>Brett Robson wrote: >> >> >>>On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 00:25:11 +0900, Declan Murphy ... >>> >>> >>>>I'm visiting the shrine Saturday. Last time I visited I wasn't working >>>>and didn't have a camera, and I can't remember if there are any/many >>>>restrictions on photography? Their website didn't help much. I want/need >>>>some video, stills and will need to take notes. For notes I normally >>>>just photograph text to translate later - will this be prevented in >>>>any/many areas? And are there any rules regarding dictaphones? >>> >>>No photos in the museum, they are very fascist about it. >>> >>>If you can get a photo of the Nanking explanation I'd be interested. Something >>>about the army put down the trouble makers and the people could return to their >>>normal lives. >> >>No photo, but from my dictaphone the English version of the transcript reads >> >>"After the Japanese surrounded Nanking in December 1937, General Matsui >>Iwane distributed maps to his men put foreign settlements in the safety >>zone marked in red ink. Matsui told them that they were to observe >>military rules to the letter, and that anyone committing unlawful acts >>would be severely punished. He also warned Chinese troops to surrender. >>Commander in Chief Tang Shengzhi ignored the warning, instead he ordered >>his men to defend Nanking to the death and then abandoned them. The >>Chinese were soundly defeated, suffering heavy casualties. Inside the >>city, residents were once again able to live their lives in peace" > > Remember all the fuss about what sort of informational signs would be > present at the display of the Enola Gay's nose section a few years > ago? Pretty much - and displays elsewhere as well. Makes me wonder when/if all the bullshit will ever end. -- "You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on"